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Cancer 181
Posted on March 28, 2025 Leave a Comment
Part A I am rather nervous this morning. I am having my portacath fitted. The appointment is 0800, so my usual arrival time in order to get a parking space – 0730 – is for once appropriate. I am having tea at Costa Hell, with its unusable off centre saucers. I am surrounded by ill […]
Cancer 180
Posted on March 24, 2025 Leave a Comment
Part One It is a special day today. I am in London. I woke up this morning as though prepared to do battle, as there is nothing more frightening than the thought of going to London (ok, I know it is nothing like battle – I just wanted to make a point). What do I […]
Cancer 179
Posted on March 19, 2025 Leave a Comment
I am up in the middle of the night as usual. The pattern at the moment is to go to bed early, wake up around 1100 (yes, I now get up in the evening rather than the morning. It is rather odd), then go back to bed around 0500, getting up around 0700-0800. While in […]
Cancer 178
Posted on March 12, 2025 Leave a Comment
It was agony last night. I couldn’t lie down properly. I couldn’t turn onto my right side. This morning, the wife made me take my temperature because she thought it might be pneumonia again. The first reading was 38.5, and I am supposed to ring the hospital if it is over 37.5. Fortunately, two further […]
Cancer 177
Posted on March 11, 2025 Leave a Comment
This is painful. A couple of days ago I started to get severe pain in and around my shoulder. Tramadol alone barely touches it, Tramadol plus paracetamol works for a time. I am sitting writing this in the bathroom of a very nice hotel because I can’t sleep. It is painful to lie on my […]
Dr Nigel Hunt 